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Get Your Finances into Shape for the New Year!
Check Out These Best Books on Saving Money By Julia Scott
The Money Saving Mom’s Budget by Crystal Paine.
If you haven’t heard of Paine’s uber popular coupon and deal blog, Money Saving Mom, her book delivers more of the same spirited, motivating, and money-saving advice. She’s sassy, down to earth, and the writing is engaging.In 9 chapters spread over 224 pages, Paine tackles couponing, saving without coupons, how to have fun without spending a lot, and experimenting with plastic-free spending.
Money Secrets of the Amish: Finding True Abundance in Simplicity, Sharing, and Saving by Lorilee Craker.
The author shares stories about 12 hyper-frugal habits of the Amish, including concepts familiar to experienced bargain hunters, like repurposing, doing without, and thrift shopping.Raised a Mennonite, Craker reveals her own struggles to spend less and her attempts to put the frugal habits she learned from the Amish into practice.
While this book covers many of the basics of spending less than you make, it’s a good place to begin if your spending is out of control or if you really have no idea where to start.
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey.
First published in 2003, a revised accompanying workbook was released in Jan. 2013 and has refueled interest in the book.If you’ve heard Ramsey’s wildly popular eponymous radio show, seen his Fox Business Network TV show, or visited his website, you’ll recognize Ramsey’s no-nonsense advice to get out of debt and save: eschew credit, stop comparing yourself to others, and consolidate debt.
Ramsey admits there is no big secret he reveals in the book. But if you want Ramsey’s motivating core message in one place, read this book. If you’re hungry for more, look into the workbook.
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